The Dirt Road

	  		The Dirt Road 
By:  Sawyer Brown 
 
Key of G 
Intro:  G C Em D G C Em D 
 
      Em    C		  G 
Daddy worked hard for his dollars 
		   Em    C		D 
He said some folks don't, but that's okay 
		Em   C		  G 
Well they won't know which road to follow 
		Em     D		G 
Because an easy street might lead you astray 
 
 
		C		    G 
I'll take the dirt road, it's all I know 
	D						G 
I been walkin' it for years, it's going where I need to go 
D	 C			  G 
It ain't easy, it ain't supposed to be 
F       Em	C	 F	    Em	     C 
So I'll take my time, and life won't pass me by 
	F         Em	   C   D	G 
'Cause it's right there to find on the dirt road 
 
C  Em  D  G  C  Em  D 
 
	Em   C		     G 
I have lived life in the fast lane 
		      Em  C		D 
You gotta watch your back and look both ways 
		   Em        C		    G 
When it's said and done, the time we have is borrowed 
		     Em		 D		  G 
You better make real sure you're headed the right way. 
 
chorus (without the last phrase "on the dirt road") 
chorus 
G C Em D	G	C  Em D G 
       on the dirt road		       Jason A. Wendtland